Cristiano Ronaldo and Georgina Rodriguez Announce Engagement, Ring Worth Over $1 Million

Cristiano Ronaldo and longtime partner Georgina Rodriguez are officially engaged after eight years together. The Portuguese football icon, 40, proposed with a breathtaking diamond ring that has captured global attention.

Rodriguez confirmed the news on Instagram, sharing a close-up photo of her hand resting on Ronaldo’s, the impressive diamond ring taking the spotlight. “Yes I do. In this and in all my lives,” she wrote in a translated caption.

The engagement ring features an oval-cut diamond set on a minimalist band. According to Marca, citing jewelry experts, the stone is estimated to weigh between 10 and 15 carats and is valued at over $1 million.

The couple’s love story began in 2016, when Rodriguez, then working as a sales assistant at a Gucci store, first met the football star. They went public in early 2017, making their debut together at the Best FIFA Football Awards in Zurich that January. By May, they had made their relationship Instagram official.

Just a month later, Ronaldo and Rodriguez announced the birth of twins via surrogate, followed by the arrival of their daughter, Alana Martina, on November 12, 2017. In October 2021, they revealed they were expecting another set of twins. Tragically, in April 2022, their newborn son passed away shortly after birth. “It is with our deepest sadness we have to announce that our baby boy has passed away. It is the greatest pain that any parents can feel,” Ronaldo shared at the time. “Only the birth of our baby girl gives us the strength to live this moment with some hope and happiness.”

In her Netflix series I Am Georgina, Rodriguez reminisced about the early days of their romance. “Many times he'd come after work,” she recalled. “He would come, I remember once, in a Bugatti. My coworkers went crazy. They get there on the bus, and I would leave in a Bugatti. I mean, people couldn't believe it.”

Ronaldo also shared his side of the memory: “It was funny because I would wait for her outside the store in these flashy cars I have. ... We would go home, and there we would go into our own world.”

The engagement marks a new chapter for one of football’s most celebrated couples, whose journey has been filled with both joy and challenges.